Partou Woodlands Harrogate Day Nursery & Pre-School
Good★ 5.0 on GoogleBirth to 5Open for decades
A day nursery in Harrogate for children from birth to 5, open 07:30 to 18:00, 5 days a week. They do not publish prices, so that is the first thing to ask. Rated Good by Ofsted in August 2023. Open since 2000, with 54 places.
What you might pay
This setting does not publish its fees, and no national dataset holds them. This is what childcare costs across the council, as a starting point for the call.
What childcare usually costs in North Yorkshire
This is not this setting's price. It is the median hourly fee across all providers in North Yorkshire from the Department for Education's 2025 provider survey. No national data holds what an individual nursery charges, so ring and ask.
Places, hours and the day
Who they take, when they are open, and what a day there includes.
Where it is
HG2 7SHWhat the inspector found
One grade is one visit. A run of them tells you whether it has been good for years or has only just got there.
- 16 July 2026 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 15 August 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
- 14 May 2025 — Concern: actions taken what Ofsted published
Ofsted inspector, 29 August 2023 · read the full report
What it is like to attend
Children are eager to come and join their friends in this warm, welcoming nursery.
They make good progress, supported by dedicated and nurturing staff. The staff, overall, provide children with a stimulating learning environment. Play and learning in the nursery is led by children. The varied curriculum focuses on their interests, next steps and experiences from home. Children settle quickly and soon form strong bonds with staff and other children. They behave very well. With clear guidance from patient staff, they learn to understand and manage their emotions.
Children learn about their community and the world around them. For example, they find out about food when they help the nursery chef to grow herbs and vegetables. They see how he uses them when he cooks their healthy, nutritious meals. They also enjoy making their own bread. Children learn sign language and
What Ofsted told them to improve
To further improve the quality of the early years provision, the provider should: - consider how play and learning in the outdoor environment can be planned more effectively, taking into account children's interests so that they are engaged and motivated to explore and build on what they already know and can do n support staff to be more perceptive to children's curiosity and emerging lines of enquiry during their play and how these can captured to enhance children's knowledge and help them make connections in their learning.
- 29 August 2023Good
- 31 August 2022Needs improvement
- 25 November 2016Good
Rated Good or Outstanding at 2 of the last 3 graded inspections.
Still missing for Partou Woodlands Harrogate Day Nursery & Pre-School
- What it costs
- Funded hours
- Youngest age taken
- Meals
- Nappies
- Waiting list
No dataset holds any of this. Two parents telling us the same thing puts it on the page for whoever looks next.
What to ask them
None of this is in any national dataset and this setting has not published it, which is exactly why it is worth asking.
- What does it cost, all in? What is on top: meals, nappies, late pick-up, and what happens if you are late.
- Can I use my funded hours here? Whether they stretch them over the year, and the minimum days you have to book.
- Is there a place for my child's age? Baby rooms fill first and waiting lists are common.
- Who would my child's key person be? And how long have the staff been there. No dataset holds this and it matters more than anything above.
- Can I visit at a busy time? Mid-morning on a weekday tells you far more than an empty room after hours.
Day nurseries within a couple of miles
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